diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f65fb2f3..59271fc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,8 +63,13 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>1.7</java.version>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.custom.encoding>UTF-8</project.custom.encoding>
+        <project.custom.java.version>1.7</project.custom.java.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>${project.custom.java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${project.custom.java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.outputEncoding>${project.custom.encoding}</project.build.outputEncoding>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>${project.custom.encoding}</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>${project.custom.encoding}</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-plugin-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -100,11 +105,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.8.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${java.version}</source>
-                    <target>${java.version}</target>
-                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amashchenko/maven/plugin/gitflow/AbstractGitFlowMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/amashchenko/maven/plugin/gitflow/AbstractGitFlowMojo.java
index c668086a..50977dcc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amashchenko/maven/plugin/gitflow/AbstractGitFlowMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amashchenko/maven/plugin/gitflow/AbstractGitFlowMojo.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.amashchenko.maven.plugin.gitflow;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
@@ -203,9 +205,48 @@ public abstract class AbstractGitFlowMojo extends AbstractMojo {
      * 
      */
     private void initExecutables() {
+
+        boolean mainClassIsMavenWrapper = false;
+        for (final Map.Entry<Object, Object> p : this.mavenSession.getSystemProperties()
+                .entrySet()) {
+            mainClassIsMavenWrapper |= (String.valueOf(p.getKey()).startsWith("env.JAVA_MAIN_CLASS")
+                    && "org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain".equals(p.getValue()));
+        }
+        // TechDebt Java 1.8+ version
+//        final boolean mainClassIsMavenWrapper = this.mavenSession.getSystemProperties().entrySet().stream()
+//                .filter(p -> String.valueOf(p.getKey()).startsWith("env.JAVA_MAIN_CLASS"))
+//                .filter(p -> "org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain".equals(p.getValue()))
+//                .findAny()
+//                .isPresent();
+
+        boolean mavenHomeIsWrapperDists = false;
+        for (final Map.Entry<Object, Object> p : this.mavenSession.getSystemProperties()
+                .entrySet()) {
+            mavenHomeIsWrapperDists |= ("maven.home".equals(p.getKey())
+                    && String.valueOf(p.getValue()).contains("/wrapper/dists/"));
+        }
+        // TechDebt Java 1.8+ version
+//        final boolean mavenHomeIsWrapperDists = this.mavenSession.getSystemProperties().entrySet().stream()
+//                .filter(p -> "maven.home".equals(p.getKey()))
+//                .filter(p -> String.valueOf(p.getValue()).contains("/wrapper/dists/"))
+//                .findAny()
+//                .isPresent();
+
+        final boolean runningWithinMavenWrapper = mainClassIsMavenWrapper && mavenHomeIsWrapperDists;
+
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(cmdMvn.getExecutable())) {
             if (StringUtils.isBlank(mvnExecutable)) {
-                mvnExecutable = "mvn";
+                if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_UNIX
+                        && new File(".", "mvnw").isFile()
+                        && runningWithinMavenWrapper) {
+                    mvnExecutable = "./mvnw";
+                } else if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS
+                        && new File(".", "mvnw.cmd").isFile()
+                        && runningWithinMavenWrapper) {
+                    mvnExecutable = "mvnw.cmd";
+                } else {
+                    mvnExecutable = "mvn";
+                }
             }
             cmdMvn.setExecutable(mvnExecutable);
         }